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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Paddy Maddison

‘It gave us both freedom’: parents on the baby gear they wouldn’t go without

Catchy – the highchair addition for messy little eaters.
Catchy – the highchair addition for messy little eaters. Photograph: PR Image

What’s the most stupid thing you have ever bought? If your answer is anything other than a hand-wash-only cashmere onesie for a newborn, I win.

As most parents will know, until you’ve had your baby for a little while, you don’t really know what to expect, and, by extension, what to buy. My son is eight months old: it’s only now that I can look around the multicoloured plastic hellscape my home has become and recognise what was worth the money, and what we could’ve done without. His high-end Italian knitwear, for example, was out of commission within five minutes of us wrestling him into it for the first time.

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